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Utilities forced to replace lead drinking water pipes under proposed EPA rules

Dec 01, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Established standards require water systems to take action if 10% of samples are found to have lead levels higher than 15 micrograms per liter.
59% : As such, access to safe drinking water remains a cornerstone of public health and environmental justice.===maybe move this up as suggested?====The EPA will accept public comments for 60 days and will hold a virtual public hearing Jan. 16.
55% : A proposal announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency aims to remove all lead drinking water pipes across the country within a decade.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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